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Create tension with dark music featuring drones, low strings, and heavy percussion. Ideal for thrillers, trailers, and games. All tracks cleared for use.

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More fears

Dissonant music for horror, suspense, terror situations. Will be great for mysterious, halloween and any disturbing scenes

Nostalgic feelings

Nostalgic and melancholic piece of music played on a detuned piano. With a sensitive and a little bit of sad feeling will be great for any sentimental, dramatic situation

Fears

Suspense, horror music of piano solo. This dissonant music will be great for mysterious, terror,halloween and strange situations

Epic Voyage

Epic orchestral soundtrack with a powerful driving groove that relentlessly pushes forward creating a feeling of extreme intensity and urgency. Featuring cinematic trailer-esque style production with an exciting, suspenseful buildup to a strong dramatic climax. Good for sports and action sequences.

What if

What if Film Soundtrack intriguing, melancholy, suspense Atmospheric intrigue laced with cello melodies with string section and ethnic percussive elements. Fatima Mhedden

Inside your head

Enigmatic, mid tempo, engulfing atmosphere featuring the trompet and accordion. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

Transcendence

Slow, heartfelt and intimate ballad constructed with electric piano and violin melodies. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

Strong reflection

Mid tempo new-agey, understated orchestration with evocative piano and acoustic guitar. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

Summertime

Jazzy ambient with steady beat and and aerial, intimate atmosphere. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

In the line of fire

Tension and mystery inflicted swing featuring flute, sax and epic orchestration.

High lands

Dramatic, intense and yearning orchestral piece featuring the whistle and piano.

River deep mountain high

Atmospheric and intriguing ambient. Repetitive guitar & piano melody. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

Estadium

Super fast driving beats and exhilirating synth bass spiced up with jungle beats.

Bubu heavy

Upbeat vanhalenesque hard rock with country and metal licks.

Landing

Ethereal and suspensive ambience that simply keeps you wondering. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

Outer limits

Dramatic, intense and mysterious orchestral piece drenched in suspense.

Medieval rites

Classic medieval slow paced ballad featuring warm and delicate lute-inspired solo guitar.

Relaxations minds

Relaxing chill out melodic piano-based theme with steady percussion and orchestral arrangements. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

Once was one

Sugested bluesy-reggae undervibe disguised as jazzy chillout plus a swingy bridge. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

On my way home

New age style piece featuring melodic piano and orchastrated arrangements. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

Love is gone

Unplugged-style acoustic guitar pop with ballady, nostalgic atmosphere. Pop Indie, Acoustic Guitar

Tiny hammers

Trancey soundscape featuring minimalist orchestration and melodic piano work. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

The memory of the trees

Ethereal and dreamy synth layers adorned with understated orchestration. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

Night towns

Pulsating electronic jungle with throbbing rhythm layers and synth action.

Birdland

Classic, driving, speed metal with hard riffing and brain splitting solos.

Horizon

Delicate, nostalgic piano ballad with romantic and etheral synth strings.

Walkin in the air

Piano featured positivist and elegant synth soundscapes. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

Mediterranean sundance

Ambiental and mesmerizing slow tempo percussion, intriguing, with guitars and sax. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

Road to perdition

Intense, oniric and thematic melodies adorned with delicate string and wind orchestration.

Prelude to Villalobos

Villalobos-style classical guitar ballad featuring melancholic arpeggios and delicate solo work.

Mediterranean nights

Alluring, romantic, ambiental piano and synth driven theme with sax and orchestration. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

Mirror

Dreamy, quirky synths lead to orchestration featuring electric guitar soloing. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

Sleeping

Enigmatic, mid tempo, engulfing atmosphere featuring marimba and guitar work. Atmos, Soundscape, Ambient, Chill Out

Experimental procedure

Contemporary atonal orchestration style, disconcerting motifs and minimalist eerie expression.

A Dark Hero

Action, drama similar to Hans Zimmer in The Dark Knight. Ominous build with solo violin and strings, cinematic percussion.

You Versus Them

Intense and cinematic, "You Versus Them" is perfect to lay under a dark chase scene when you need to intensify the panic and emotion of the scene.

Pressure Point

The pressure's on and you're under the gun facing a difficult situation or deadline. This intense and suspenseful driving rock/orchestral soundtrack oozes a dark and edgy, tension filled atmosphere. With a relentless hypnotic groove that steadily escalates to a powerful explosive climatic ending.

Atmospherics

This atmospheric and mysterious, hypnotic underscore has an undercurrent of tension and suspense that slowly evolves as it progresses. Featuring a solitary piano melody, low notes with repeating delay effects, morphing pads, pulsing synths and percussion.

Dark Music for Tension and Atmosphere

Dark music often relies on low drones, deep percussion, distorted textures, and sparse melodies. It creates an uneasy or mysterious mood, making the listener feel tension, danger, or anticipation. This style works best when atmosphere is more important than melody.

Where to Use Dark Music

Dark tracks are used in projects that need a sense of suspense, mystery, or intensity. In suspense-driven productions, they build tension before a reveal or underscore psychological drama. Within ambient projects, darker textures can create slow-moving soundscapes that add weight and depth without distracting from visuals. This category is also often used in thrillers, horror films, trailers, and games where the music must hint at what’s hidden or unresolved.

Royalty-Free Dark Tracks at Themusicase.com

All dark tracks at Themusicase.com are royalty-free and include a sync license. The collection spans subtle atmospheric cues, heavy sound design, and hybrid scores, giving producers flexible options for film, broadcast, and online storytelling.
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